Social Problems (SOC 202)

Fall 2015 (CRN 70513)

Syllabus, Part 2. Course schedule

Required chapters in Think Social Problems are indicated by blue font.

Lecture notes are indicated by brown font

Exam dates are indicated by red font

Recommended readings are indicated by dark purple font

No class days are indicated by green font.

Fall 2015 Semester calendar

Week 1, Part 1

• Introductions and overview of the course

Week 1, Part 2

• Chapter 1: The Study of Social Problems
• Lecture: The Study of Social Problems (PowerPoint, PDF version)
• Lecture: Theoretical Perspectives (PowerPoint, PDF version)
• Recommended reading: "Sociological Marxism" (Michael Burawoy and Erik Olin Wright) (2002) (link)

Week 2, Part 1

• Lecture: Research Methods (PowerPoint, PDF version)
• https://sites.google.com/site/iamfrankha/research-paper

Week 2, Part 2

• Chapter 12: Sex and Social Problems Related to Sexuality
• Lecture: Sexual Orientation (Powerpoint, PDF version)
• Study guide: Prostitution and Pornography (Powerpoint)
• Study guide: Sexuality and Abortion (Powerpoint)
• Recommended reading: Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (pp. 2-8 -- recommended) (link)
• Recommended reading: The extent of sexual orientation discrimination in Topeka, Kansas (link)
• Recommended reading: Voting to Ban Same Sex Marriage: Interests, Values, and Communities, Rory McVeigh and Maria-Elena Diaz (December 2009) (link)

Week 6

• Chapter 3: Race and Immigration
• Lecture: Race and Ethnicity (PowerPoint, PDF version)
• Study guide and discussion prompts: Immigration (PowerPoint, PDF version)
• Recommended reading: Bobo, Lawrence D. and Camille Z. Charles. 2009. "Race in the American Mind: From the Moynihan Report to the Obama Candidacy." Annals, AAPSS 621: 243-259. (link) (PowerPoint)

Week 9

• Chapter 4: Gender
• Lecture: Gender (PowerPoint, PDF version)
• Recommended reading: The Double-Bind Dilemma for Women in Leadership: Damned if You Do, Doomed if You Don’t (pp. 1-25 -- recommended) (link) (PowerPoint)
• Recommended reading: Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide. Linda Babcock & Sara Laschever (pp. 1-10 -- recommended) (link) (PowerPoint)
• Recommended reading: Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty? Shelley J. Correll, Stephen Benard, and In Paik (link) (PowerPoint)

Week 10

Week 11

• Midterm 3

Week 12